Cabinet approves anti-poverty bill

And freelance worker protections bill

(ANSA) - Rome, January 28 - Cabinet on Thursday approved
bills to fight poverty and protect freelance workers.
"We have established a national measure to fight poverty
(and) an essential level of services rendered - that is, a
right," said Labor Minister Giuliano Poletti of the bill that
would affect 280,000 families and 580,000 children.
"It is based on the principle of active inclusion (and) a
two-pronged approach - income support and a lifting of burdens
so that families in conditions of poverty can leave that
condition behind".
The new welfare package is meant to help families leave
poverty behind for good - so it is not a "stable and permanent"
measure, he said.
The bill on freelance workers "increases protections in
commercial transactions and protects freelancers from
'noose-like' contracts they can't escape," Poletti explained.
The bill will fight "illegal clauses and conducts," he
said.